Delay in presentation to hospital for surgery for congenital and developmental cataract in Tanzania.

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Published in Br J Ophthalmol on November 01, 2005

Authors

J Mwende1, A Bronsard, M Mosha, R Bowman, R Geneau, P Courtright

Author Affiliations

1: Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology, Tumaini University, PO Box 2254, Moshi, Tanzania.

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